Migration and Its Consequences

Q. Which of the following are negative effects of migration of people from a place?

1. Weakens social ties among people
2. Leads to less population in certain regions
3. Causes abundance of resources
4. Causes imbalances in the sex ratio

Q. What do you mean by the term migration? What are its types? Explain them.

Q. When is migration called forced migration?

1. When you leave a country to live in another country
2. When you are forced to migrate due to political unrest in the your area
3. When you migrate due to pull factors
4. When you migrate due to push factors

Q. Which of the following is incorrect about migration?

1. Migration leads to unemployment.
2. International migration brings foreign currency to the parent country.
3. Migration weakens social and cultural ties.
4. Migration helps people to exchange ideas.

Q. Gopal from Bihar, coming to Kerala for work is an example of ______ migration.

1. Intrastate migration
2. State migration
3. Interdistrict migration
4. Interstate migration

Q. Elaborate with examples the causes for voluntary migrations.​

Q. Which of the following is not a reason for urban to urban migration?

1. Better farming conditions
2. Better facilities
3. Better employment opportunities
4. Better standard of living

Q. Which amongst the following is a push factors that causes forced migrations?

1. Resource Scarcity
2. Political Unrest
3. Employment
4. Active religious persecution

Q. _______ Asian countries like Saudi Arabia have opened up many employment opportunities in the mining of ___________.

1. West, petroleum.
2. South, iron
3. North, manganese
4. East, coal

Q. In the context of migration, select the wrongly matched pairs from the following:

1. Pull factor - Employment opportunities
2. Pull factor - Frequent natural disasters
3. Push factor - Better health care facilities
4. Push factor - Civil war

Q. If Ram, an Indian citizen, leaves India permanently to live in America, the process is called ______.

1. Immigration
2. Migration
3. Emigration
4. Movement

Q. Which of the following are consequence of slums that form as a result of overpopulation?

1. Misuse of
   resources
2. Dilapidated
   housing facilities
3. Distance with
   the family
4. Poor sanitation
   facility
5. Lack of
   drinking water
6. Imbalance in sex
   ratio
7. Increase in
   pollution
8. Spread of
   diseases

Q. Migration that is done on your own will is called forced migration. This type of migration occurs usually due to push factors of migration

1. True
2. False